Make Money with Online Surveys

If you go to any list on way to make money online or working at home then online surveys will come up.  There are lots of people out there who say that they make a decent living from doing surveys.  Now I don’t make a living out of it but I do get to treat myself to something every once in a while from what I do make.  With surveys it will depend on where you are and what demographic you fall into.

How this works

Working with online surveys is actually one of the easier ways to make money online.  All you have to do is sign up to a survey site, fill in the profile and they will send you links to surveys you fit into.  The sites will generally send you the links via email.  Clicking on the link will open up the survey and all you have to do is fill it out.

How do you get paid

Different survey companies will have different ways of paying their survey takers.  Some sites will pay you with points that you can then redeem for cash or gift cards while other will simply have a monetary value.  You will earn points or money whenever you fully complete a survey.  There are some websites out there that do give you something if you do not qualify but they really are few and far between.

Any issues with this

Whenever you look at a way to make money online you need to think about some of the possible problems you may come across. There are a few issues I have found with online surveys:

Partial completion – When you get sent a survey it’s because the website you signed up to thinks you match the survey’s criteria.  The problem is that sometimes you go through a whole bunch of questions only to be told that you don’t meet the criteria.  This is not only frustrating, because you spend time answering questions, but also really annoying because you spend time on this.

Demographics – Okay so surveys need information from certain people in certain places.  This means that if you live in certain areas, mainly certain countries, then you will get more survey opportunities than others. So this is only really a problem for anyone who lives outside these areas but I thought it best to mention it.

Country allowance – As the world of online surveys is so demographically driven survey sites often limit who can join.  If you live in countries other than the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand (based on personal experience) then you may find yourself limited on the number of survey sites you can join. 

Online surveys are a good way to make some extra cash online.  I’m sure that some people can make a lot out of this particularly if you can get into the right websites.  

Make Money with Get Paid To

Get paid to or GPT is one of the ways that you can make money online.  The one problem with this method is that so many things can fall into this category.  If you think about it logically anything you do online is a GPT but I’m feel that certain things like surveys, blogging, paid to click and games deserve their own area as they are quick big methods on their own.

Get Paid to Upload:

Getting paid to upload is perhaps one of the least known GPT’s out there.  Honestly if you knew you could earn money uploading things would you still be using methods where you don’t? There are actually a lot of file hosts that will pay you to upload.  The way you get paid will vary from one site to another depending on how they are making their money.

Get Paid to Answer Questions:

Okay so this sounds really easy right?  Well it’s not as easy as it sounds.  Many of the websites that hire people to do this want you to be an expert in your field.  Those that don’t need expertise will either pay you less or work off a percentage of what they make.  A lot of these websites are geo-targeted so depending on where you live you may have fewer options.

Get Paid to Read:

Think about it, you are reading right now. So why not get paid to do something you do anyway?  A major problem when it comes to the get paid to read or PTR market is that there have been a lot of scams so the market on a whole has a bad rep.  The thing is that not all PTR sites are scams.  You have to just be logical when joining these sites, just like every online money making site out there.

Get Paid to Search:

Do you use Google or any other search engine?  Well if you use certain websites and their engines then you can get paid to do those searches.  A lot of these sites will not pay you for every single search but you could stand a chance of getting money.  There will be a bit of geo-targeting when it comes to who can join websites.

Get paid to sites are a great way of making a bit of money.  Unfortunately, not all of the sites actually pay that well and there are a lot of scams out there that you need to keep an eye out for.  

Swag Bucks Review

If you have never heard of Swag Bucks as a way to make some money then don’t worry.  I signed up on this site a while ago but never bothered about it because I always thought that there were easier ways than this.  The fact of the matter is that Swag Buck will not make you rich, at least I don’t think it will, but you can make some extra money on the side with them.

What the site says:

When you reach the homepage this is what it tells you:

Register: Register for FREE and earn 30 Swag Bucks.

Earn: Earn Swag Bucks for your online activity.

Redeem: Cash in reward points for 1000s of great prizes like gift cards, electronics and more.

The website also has some testimonials from users as well as the total amount they have given out is rewards so far.

How does it work?

So now that you know that Swag Bucks exists how does this whole thing work?  The aim of this site is to get as many Swag Bucks as you can.  These swag bucks are what you use to get yourself money, gift cards or electronics etc.  You can earn swag bucks by completing various activities on the site:

• Complete the daily poll

• Do surveys

• Play games

• Search the internet

• And more

When do you get paid?

Getting paid on Swag Bucks is a bit different to some other sites.  It really depends on what you want to get paid in.  If you are looking for Paypal payments then you can get $5 for 1049 Swag Bucks. If you want $10 then you need 1999 Swag Bucks.

Now you don’t only have to have Paypal gift cards.  If you want to build up enough Swag Bucks you can get a Kids Telescope Set for 2859 Swag Bucks or if you are really motivated you could even get a Playstation 3, Xbox 360 or Ipod touch. 

It’s best to know that sometimes Swag Bucks will have sales in their reward store but those big items are generally over 20000 Swag Bucks.

Experience on the site:

Swag Bucks is not a bad site to be a part of.  I have had a fairly good experience with it so far.  You can make swag bucks quite quickly if you are willing to put in the effort.  A rough daily average would probably be around 50 to 70 Swag Bucks every day.  Of course, that is just by doing some of the free activities on the site.

Personally I have never done anything where I need to pay but the rewards you get for those activities are generally much higher than the free activities so you could make more than my estimate. 

I haven’t claimed my gift card yet so I don’t know how long it takes but as soon as I do I will be updating this with the relevant information.

The verdict:

All in all I would give this site a pretty good rating.  The site is easy to navigate and you can earn swag bucks relatively easily.  Sure the payout for some of the higher end rewards are a little steep but if you have the opportunity and vast amounts of Swag Bucks then why not. 

I would say that this is a good place to earn a bit of extra cash as you don’t have to spend all day on it just to make a mere pittance. 

Make Money Writing Articles

Whenever you look up making money online you will find people talking about content writing.  So you may wonder what is this content writing thing?  Well what you are reading right now is content. 

I have found that this is one of the ways that you can make some steady money online.  Of course, as with everything on the internet, you need to be careful who you go with.  There are a lot of people who offer to pay you to write content for them but not all of them are legit.

If you decide that you want to write articles or web content then here are some tips and hints to help you along the way:

• Never join a site where you have to pay to get work.  Think about the logic of it.  Why should you pay someone in order to write articles so you can get paid? 

• Write a sample article.  If you are going through a website like oDesk or Elance some potential employers will want to see a sample of your work.  It would be best to have a sample that you have already written.  Personally people who want you to write a sample on a keyword they provide make my spidey senses tingle.  I applied to a few people like this in the past and found that they get a bunch of free articles and then take the job offer down.

• Be realistic about what you can do.  I think everyone believes that they can do more than they can.  With article writing you need to be realistic with how long an article will take you to write.  This is very important if you are bidding on work and need to quote how long the job will take. 

• Start with articles in your comfort zone.  If you know a lot about one subject then try and find people looking for articles on that.  This way you can start your article writing with something you have information about and you don’t feel too out of your depth.

These are just a few tips that you should look at.  I’m not saying that you have to go with them.  Working online is really about what feels good to you.  So if you want to start out of your comfort zone then go for it. 

Now there are a lot of article writing websites out there and here is a link to my master list that I have of some that I have come across:  Article WritingMasterlist

Article Writing Masterlist

So I thought it would be a good idea to make a list of all the sites I come across, you know for easy reference.  Here is the masterlist for sites where you can earn money writing articles.

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New Year Resolutions

Something that we all do every year is, make New Year’s resolutions.  Some people resolve to lose weight, others resolve to get a new job or give up something bad for them.  This year my resolution is to make a stable income for myself online.

I know a lot of people say this but don’t do anything and that is really the problem for most people, me included.  For this year I am really going to put my mind to it and try to honestly get myself an online income.

My first step is to revisit all of my old sites that over the years have fallen to the wayside.  From there I’m going to log in again and see what I can make.  I am also going to be trying some new sites and opportunities. 

Once I have done this I am going to tell everyone what happened and whether this is a good way to make money or not.  I may even add some guides to help out.  So if you do have an idea you would want me to test then just drop me a line and tell me about it.